Her eyes shiver with delight green light flooding her lovely body an arrangement of fluttering notes laughter paralyzingly genuine always upon her lips only passionate bright things in her face her presence twinkles in the minds around her This is how he sees her always a glimpse around every corner at every βlittle partyβ through the champagne haze and loud primary colors her figure only grows more vivid with the night, drawing him closer, his hand outstretched to the past. Not even the grandest of golden gestures nor any number of diamond faced companions could make his world completely distracted.
She is no beautiful little fool.
This is a poem that I wrote for English class. The assignment was to write a "found poem" using the novel The Great Gatsby. It portrays the themes of love, obsession, and the truth about using wealth and partying as means of distraction.